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Montblanc Legend Pour Femme Special Edition 2014 ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 14 May 2014 4 Comments

Montblanc Legend Pour Femme Special Edition 2014

Montblanc has launched Legend Pour Femme Special Edition 2014, a new limited edition summer flanker to 2012’s Legend Pour Femme. The masculine counterpart is Legend Special Edition 2014…

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Amouage Beloved Man ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 28 February 2013 11 Comments

Amouage Beloved Man

Amouage will launch Beloved Man, the masculine counterpart to last year’s Beloved Woman…

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Davidoff The Game ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 27 December 2012 8 Comments

Davidoff The Game

Davidoff will launch Davidoff The Game, a new woody aromatic fragrance for men…

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Montblanc Legend Pour Femme ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 17 August 2012 6 Comments

Montblanc Legend Pour Femme

Montblanc has launched Legend Pour Femme, the feminine counterpart to last year’s Montblanc Legend. The new fragrance is a tribute to elegance and the style icons (Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman) who have inspired the luxury brand…

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Amouage Beloved ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 2 May 2012 30 Comments

Bergdorf GoodmanHelen Lee Worthing for US Vogue December 1919

The latest release from luxury fragrance house Amouage is Beloved, a tribute to the “elegance and complexity of the modern woman” (in general) and the classic sophistication of women who shop at Bergdorf Goodman in New York (in particular). Beloved was developed for Amouage by perfumer Bernard Ellena and includes top notes of jasmine, purple rose, lavender, clary sage, clove bud, chamomile, and cardamom; heart notes of ylang-ylang, violet, everlasting [immortelle], cistus, benzoin, olibanum, and patchouli; and base notes of cedarwood, sandalwood, castoreum, civet, leather, musk, vanilla, maltol, and amber.

Although I always enjoy shopping for fragrance and cosmetics at Bergdorf Goodman, I’m probably not the quintessential “Bergdorf woman,” however you may picture her. On the other hand, I do have a longstanding personal and sentimental connection to the place: my great-grandfather and great-aunt both worked at Bergdorf Goodman, as a tailor and couture seamstress, respectively. My love for spending time in New York department stores is apparently a product of nature as well as nurture. Can I, as a not-so-glamorous customer at Bergdorf and a mostly-modern woman, enjoy Beloved? I certainly can…

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